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What

The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust supports education and research in ornamental horticulture through grants to botanical gardens, arboreta, universities, and other charitable organizations strongly-aligned with its funding interests.

Botany, a branch of biology, is a pure science, and involves the study of plant life, from mosses to flowering plants, while ornamental horticulture is an applied science involving the cultivation of plants for decorative purposes.

Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber, and other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals. Ornamental horticulture is a branch of agriculture concerned with growing plants for aesthetic gratification.

Where

The Trust supports projects and activities in:

North America

South America

Central America

the Caribbean

Australia

New Zealand

How

The Trust seeks to fund projects that will further ornamental horticulture through organizations pursuing the following activities:

Research

The advancement of research in ornamental horticulture and the publication of the results of such research.

Examples include:

trial/evaluation gardens for horticultural potential of selected plants in a region

discerning appropriate cultural techniques and best horticultural practices for a specific group of plants

laboratory freezer for DNA samples

Public Gardens

Assisting in the creation, development, preservation, and maintenance of gardens accessible to the public for educational purposes.